Will be posting music and other things from my personal canon.
My first encounter with the good captain when I saw it late at night on VH1 or whatever music channel it was. His amazing voice is gone, obviously, but he's so fucking cool. I like that it features really gratuitous promotion of his paintings
What they call romantisme noir
I think she's my new favorite artist. Love the songs, the videos, the ideas, the aesthetic, everything
What a beautiful song. Also NO fans who say Smith ripped it off for Inbetween Days are deaf losers
Love me some New Order - personally I think their sound peaked with "Regret", my favorite New Order track - shame the album wasn't quite as great across the board as this track ("World" is good too, but sounds a tad more dated)
It's a lovely single but their early 80s vintage is where it's at imo
I think everything they put out in the 80s was great, but my favorite album is definitely Technique from 1989. I really dig the more overtly electronic dance tinge on that album.
Their really early stuff where it's kinda transitioning out of the Joy Division sound is also super classic of course.
This is probably my favorite song of those that still sound like JD
Always loved this single from Technique
As to albums, Low-Life is imo the best by some margin. One of the decade's perfect pop albums
Another really beautiful one
Probably my single favorite Zappa track
Very high in my personal canon. Nothing quite like it
The first time Can gets posted here?
Quote from: jadis on Apr 13, 2023, 01:49 AMVery high in my personal canon. Nothing quite like it
It's too bad Miles went into his spiral of drug use and shacking up with groupies shortly after this was recorded. It would've been really interesting to hear what else he'd have come up with had he continued progressing in this direction.
Instead we got stuff like this after he unretired:
Quote from: SGR on Apr 29, 2023, 10:22 PMIt's too bad Miles went into his spiral of drug use and shacking up with groupies shortly after this was recorded. It would've been really interesting to hear what else he'd have come up with had he continued progressing in this direction.
Instead we got stuff like this after he unretired:
I'm pretty fuzzy on the chronology of Miles releases, it's hard to remember when something was recorded vs when it was released etc
But didn't he record Agartha, Pangaea and Dark Magus between Get Up With It and the really big meltdown? These are three of my favorite records of all time
Not big on the late era Miles tbh
Quote from: jadis on May 03, 2023, 01:08 AMI'm pretty fuzzy on the chronology of Miles releases, it's hard to remember when something was recorded vs when it was released etc
But didn't he record Agartha, Pangaea and Dark Magus between Get Up With It and the really big meltdown? These are three of my favorite records of all time
Not big on the late era Miles tbh
Yeah, that's mostly true -
Get Up With It was technically a compilation of songs that spanned recording dates. But both Agartha and Pangaea were recorded after it was. I suppose I was thinking more along the lines of what his studio efforts would sound like - but you're right, those live albums are some of his absolute best, with
Dark Magus probably being my favorite.
Even by Nino Rota's standards this is something special
The sexiest pop album ever
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Quote from: SGR on Apr 29, 2023, 10:22 PMIt's too bad Miles went into his spiral of drug use and shacking up with groupies shortly after this was recorded. It would've been really interesting to hear what else he'd have come up with had he continued progressing in this direction.
Instead we got stuff like this after he unretired:
I love yacht soul era Miles tbh. :laughing:
One of those recordings I listen to as a rare treat cause it's too beautiful